On the 11th November 2003 Her Majesty The Queen and the Prime Minister John Howard dedicated The Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in central London

The Memorial commemorates all those Australians who fought alongside Britons during the First and Second World Wars and particularly more than 101, 000 men and women who gave their lives

The Memorial features a long, curving wall of green-grey Australian granite which was mined in Jerramungup, Western Australia
There are 540 pieces of granite, all of which were individually shaped and finished in Australia

The Memorial is illuminated at night using an innovative lighting system and a substantial underground plant room operates falls of water across the wall which changes in sequence to highlight different parts of the Memorial

The wall is set with 24,000 names of the home towns of Australian men and women who served during the two world wars
Superimposed on these place names are 47 battle sites, representing theatres of war where Australians served